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Case Reports
. 2019 May;25(5):1017-1019.
doi: 10.3201/eid2505.180340.

Gordonia bronchialis-Associated Endophthalmitis, Oregon, USA

Rene Choi, Luke Strnad, Christina J Flaxel, Andreas K Lauer, Eric B Suhler
Case Reports

Gordonia bronchialis-Associated Endophthalmitis, Oregon, USA

Rene Choi et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 May.

Abstract

Gordonia bronchialis is an aerobic actinomycetes that rarely causes infections in humans. Few reports describe Gordonia spp. causing eye-related infections. We report a case of chronic infectious endophthalmitis in Oregon, USA, associated with infection by G. bronchialis.

Keywords: Gordonia bronchialis; Oregon; United States; actinomycetes; bacteria; endophthalmitis; eye; eye-related infections; uveitis.

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B-scan ultrasonography of the left eye of a 63-year-old woman with Gordonia bronchialis–associated endophthalmitis, Oregon, USA, showing dense opacities in the vitreous space.
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